THE DAILY FIX: FASHION INDUSTRY NEWS FRI

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ZARA HAS ONE KEY ADVANTAGE OVER GAP AND J. CREW – Business Insider
“The popular fast-fashion brand’s parent company, Intidex, reported strong earnings for the first half of the year, including a 17% increase in net sales and a 7% increase in same store sales.”

SHOES.COM SPRINTS TOWARD FASTER DELIVERY – RetailingToday
“Vancouver-based specialty online footwear retailer Shoes.com is sprinting toward new levels of fast delivery.  Shoes.com is offering home and office delivery in two hours or less on select items on its Canadian website.”

MARCHESA & UGG JOIN FORCES FOR NEW YORK FASHION WEEK – Footwear News
“You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d read that headline wrong. But you haven’t. Two brands, generally unlikely to be heard in the same sentence,  joined forces for Marchesa’s spring ’16 New York Fashion Week show.”

NYFW ROPES IN NEARLY $900M ANNUALLY – Fashion Magazine
“The Joint Economic Committee has released a report on the positive impact the fashion industry has on New York City and regional economies around the US. The report shows that New York Fashion Week generates almost $900 million every year for NYC.”

SHOPIFY TEAMS WITH ANOTHER ONLINE GIANT  – RetailingToday
“A day after expanding its e-commerce partnership with Facebook, the cloud-based multichannel Shopify platform is teaming up with another online giant.”